World IP Day

Posted by Paul Withers on April 26, 2016

Earlier today I came across a tweet saying
that today is World IP Day.
Over the last year we've been looking at the role of OpenNTF, looking at
what Apache and Eclipse offer and considering how the changes in personal
websites and cloud source control repositories like GitHub and BitBucket
offer. These days there are a host of ways open source projects can be
made available to the public. But one of the key differentiators we identified
that OpenNTF provides is IP clearance of projects. This means projects
cleared for inclusion in the Apache catalog have been vetted to ensure
there are no intellectual property right infringements and that all contributors
are given due credit. Thanks to Peter Tanner for his tireless work over
the years as our IP Manager!